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Madge lets him have his moment, she knows first hand this is a lot to take in.

“How did you find out about this?” Gale asks suddenly, eyes flying open. “Did that guy, whatever his name, did he tell you all this?”

“No,” Madge shakes her head. “We compared notes, I guess you could say. Bristel and Delly helped me break into Internal Affairs where I found this information.”

“You broke into Internal Affairs?” Gale nearly shouts. “How the hell did you pull that off?”

“Thom helped those two land a janitor job and they smuggled me in,” Madge tells him, frowning at his tone.

“Are you telling me all three of those idiots knew about this little heist, and not me?” Gale asks, and Madge realizes that besides angry, he looks...hurt?

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“Your Dad just shook his head and said him and your Mom had only one condition: they’d give their blessing to the man that could protect her best from every evil out there.”

“And five years later, they gave me that blessing,” Gale finishes, gray eyes finally meeting hers again. “My family and I wouldn’t have survived if your Dad had kept the power on. I can’t just toss away his blessings.”

Madge is frozen, unable to speak or move. Her parents knew then, they knew about her feelings. Suddenly, Mother pressing her morphling vials into her hands and Father pulling her tightly into his arms wordlessly once she had returned from the blizzard made perfect sense. Gale doesn’t realize it, but her parents hadn’t just blessed him with the title of her protector that night, but they had given her hand to his.

And now he grasps it unknowingly.

“Gale,” Madge rasps. “You don’t have to feel obligated to look after me because my-”

“It’s not an obligation, ok?” Gale interrupts her. “You’re...a friend.”

Madge’s mouth falls open, she can’t help it.

“Well don’t look so surprised,” Gale grumbles and looks away again, sticking his hands in his pockets.

“I don’t know what to say,” Madge says finally. “I kinda thought you’d just always hate me for being the Mayor’s kid.”

“What do you want, a love letter?” Gale snaps. “I said you’re my friend even after you broke my damn nose. Next move is yours,

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